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Localization in .NET console and desktop apps
Having gone through countless different solutions to the ever present problem of localizing .NET applications, I think I've finally found a ...
The main driver this time was the need to provide a convenient way to translate texts used in the Xecrets Ez desktop app for easier file encryption. Then when looking for a library to work with .po files, thinking to roll my own somehow, deep inside a related sample project I found POTools! Doing the extraction, or discovery if you like, of translatable strings from a structured source like a .resx file is easy, solid and dependable - and fits the general development model of .NET better than wrapping all texts in T() method calls, similar to the original C-style gettext mode of operations.
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